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Rep. Chris Jacobs seeks to preempt key New York labor law, which could benefit his personal real estate business

by Rob Galbraith
November 2, 2020

Jacobs is seeking to preempt the Scaffold Law, a workplace safety law that the real estate industry has been trying to kill for decades.

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Cuomo fundraises with Finger Lakes billionaires as austerity cuts drive upstate NY cities towards crisis

by Rob Galbraith
September 3, 2020

NY governor is raising money from billionaires on promises not to raise their taxes and instead slash state funding for poor cities

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New Pegula fracking venture draws investment and board role from former Pennsylvania Governor Corbett

by Rob Galbraith
August 4, 2020

Amidst an global economic crisis and multiple management controversies, Terry and Kim Pegula, launched a new fracking venture that has drawn investment from – and a board seat for – the pro-fracking former Governor of Pennsylvania.

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Major Buffalo real estate developers received millions of dollars in forgivable PPP loans

by Rob Galbraith
July 15, 2020

Fifteen of the most prominent real estate developers in Buffalo received between $13.6 million and $34.0 million through the Paycheck Protection Program

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Cuomo puts private equity vulture in charge of coronavirus economic recovery

by Rob Galbraith
March 24, 2020

Selection of Blackstone senior advisory director Bill Mulrow raises concerns about Wall Street profiteering from coronavirus recovery

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Insurance-backed lobbying group attacking universal healthcare in NY is also funded by public hospital and cancer research center

by Rob Galbraith
February 14, 2020

Roswell Park Cancer Center and Erie County Medical Center belong to lobbying group working to protect health insurance profits

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Museum and college donations help clean up Paul Saffrin’s image, but not the generations of pollution his company caused

by Rob Galbraith
January 27, 2020

Local institutions rehabilitate Tonawanda Coke owner’s image as the state considers public subsidies for developer who bought polluted site

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Washington Post runs pro-war Stephen Hadley column without disclosing Raytheon board seat yet again

by Rob Galbraith
January 7, 2020

In 2013 the Washington Post published a pro-war column by Hadley without reporting his Raytheon board seat. Seven years later nothing has changed.

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NY budget watchdog’s climate recommendations reflect priorities of corporations and lobbyists on its board

by Rob Galbraith
December 18, 2019

The Citizens Budget Commission advocated embracing natural gas and expanding nuclear subsidies among other pro-corporate recommendations

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Lawyers Defending ExxonMobil Are Big Biden Donors

by Rob Galbraith
December 10, 2019

ExxonMobil’s lawyers, who scored a victory for the fossil fuel company today on a climate lawsuit, are big donors to Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg & other corporate Democrats.

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Wealthy developers cash in as cost of Buffalo tax break rises to $66.9 million

by Rob Galbraith
November 7, 2019

Tax break for mixed-use development has been abused to force property owners and renters to pay taxes for luxury lofts

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“Green” businessman is Buffalo area’s top Trump 2020 donor

by Rob Galbraith
October 2, 2019

Jon Williams is hailed as a green energy hero, but he is not the environmental champion his public image portrays

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